London - Buckingham Palace

One of the things at the top of my list to do this time in London was to be at Buckingham Palace for the changing of the guard. I figured there would be a crowd for this but I did not expect the large crowd that was in attendance.

According to the UK Royal website "Buckingham Palace has served as the official London residence of Britain's sovereigns since 1837."

Couple of kids watching for the changing of the guard
Statue out front
A look at one part of the crowd gathered out front

Traffic stopped for the band Yep he is loving the rainy weather
How about this paint job?
Band warming-up
Here they come marching down the street





Gates to the Palace
Waiting for the changing of the guard

Then there was one!

London - Parliament

London Day Two:

Took the bus from the hotel to the airport so we could catch the Piccadilly line into London. The first stop was to the city of Westminster to see Parliament and Big Ben.

Where Parliament now stands has been a centre of authority for over a thousand years. Once the home of the royal family, and still officially a royal palace, the buildings that now make up the modern Houses of Parliament have developed through design, accident and attack.

Heathrow Airport

Piccadilly line trains First look at Big Ben

Statue in front of Parliament Building
A look down the street at Parliment

Statue of Cromwell

Parliament Security

Spamalot - London

London Trip 2008 Day 1

Flew into Heathrow via Los Angeles on American Airlines. Took the Hotel Hoppa to my hotel the Heathrow Renaissance. My room-mate for the weekend was already at the hotel. Dropped off my bags and then headed back to the Airport via bus to take the Tube into London to the Palace Theatre for tonight's showing of "Spamalot".

Hotel

Heathrow Airport

Sign leading to the Piccadilly line


Building across the street from the Palace Theatre

We have arrived at the Palace Theatre for "Spamalot"

Spamalot is a musical by Eric Idle and John Du Prez based on Monty Python and the Holy Grail. It tells the tail of King Arthur and his knight's of the round table. Of course we can't forget the cows and killer rabbits either.

The London cast features:

ALAN DALE as King Arthur

NINA SÖDERQUIST as The Lady of the Lake

GRAHAM MACDUFF as Sir Dennis Galahad, The Black Knight

JAKE NIGHTINGALE as Sir Lancelot

ANDREW SPILLET as Patsy

ROBERT HANDS as Sir Robin

STEVEN KYNMAN as Historian, Not Dead Fred

TONY TIMBERLAKE as Sir Bedevere

For more information on "Spamalot" check out this web site http://montypythonsspamalot.com/index.php

Sea World Part 3...

More pictures from Sea World Adventure Camp in San Diego, CA.

Killer Whales

Sea Horse

Sea Anemone

Lion Fish

Moon Jellyfish

Sea World Pictures Part 2

Sea World is owned by the Anheuser-Bush company. Below are some pictures from the Anheuser-Bush area of Sea World in San Diego, CA.

Miniature Donkey

Dalmatian

Clydesdale's

Clydesdale Gear

Budweiser Wagon

Budweiser Wagon and Clydesdale Team in Park